Photos: Deadly Hong Kong ferry crash

Updated 1503 GMT (2303 HKT) October 4, 2012

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Deadly Hong Kong ferry crash – Mourners accompanied by Taoist priests take boats on Thursday, October 4, to go to the scene of the boat collision that killed 38 people off Lamma Island, near Hong Kong, on October 1. They throw paper offerings for the dead into the sea.

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Deadly Hong Kong ferry crash – Mourners throw paper offerings into the sea Thursday during a ceremony held for the victims of the ferry collision.

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Deadly Hong Kong ferry crash – A girl stands in front of a memorial at a ferry pier on Thursday. Hong Kong held a three-day, city-wide mourning period honoring those who died in Monday's ferry collision.

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Deadly Hong Kong ferry crash – People line up Thursday to enter Saint John's Anglican Church for a memorial service for the ferry crash victims.

Deadly Hong Kong ferry crash – A survivor is helped onto an ambulance. The crash necessitated what local police called a "major rescue" operation, according to China's state-run media.

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Deadly Hong Kong ferry crash – Local residents try to get a glimpse of rescue personnel as they tend to a victim Monday night. The incident happened around 8:20 p.m. local time, just off the coast of Lamma Island, southwest of Hong Kong.

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Deadly Hong Kong ferry crash – Rescuers search for survivors near the crash site. More than 100 people were picked up.